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To recap: a plaintiff who had not been injured brought a lawsuit against a person who does not exist and SCOTUS took the case so the Christian Nationalist majority could create a law that would never pass Congress, to achieve a result that is wildly out of step with what the majority of Americans want and support.

This shouldn’t just raise flags; it should lead to impeachments.

Happy first day of summer! Welcome to #bellyseason! The pouch is definitely out!

“What about REAL monster girls??? Not just weird humans?? like real huge MONSTERS?? With giant sharp claws and big sharp teeth?? Where are those???”

Hi, so I know it’s been a long time, but I saw your post on the South Korean animated film “Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarves”, in which it was accused of fatphobia. I just wanted to make it clear that I understand totally where people are coming from with this, especially since I used to think so too, but the fact of the matter is that that ad is simply misinformation; that is not what is depicted in the movie at all. In the actual movie, Snow White is plus-sized and proud and is clearly portrayed as beautiful within the narrative. The movie also allows Snow White to be both strong AND feminine, and she actually dislikes her slim “Red Shoes” form because it makes her physically weaker.

Yes, the dwarves are attracted to her and only help her because she’s pretty, but the whole point is that they’re shallow and need to learn to look past conventional beauty to see that a) fat girls are beautiful too, and b) outer beauty is not all that matters, inner beauty matters too. This is why they were cursed in the first place. They were tall, handsome princes but are now short green dwarves who only look like handsome boys when no one is looking(hence the part of the tagline that says “and the seven dwarves not so short”. The three wooden creatures you see in that image are NOT the actual dwarves, that too is the fault of terrible marketing. They have to kiss the most “beautifullest(sic) woman in the world” to be cured, which doesn’t mean any old hot lady. It has to be someone they genuinely love with all their heart and consider the most beautiful inside AND out.

It’s also refreshing that the boy is the one who has to look past the surface to see who the girl is underneath, because it’s usually the other way around: the girl has to look past the boy’s flaws but the boy is allowed to expect the girl to be conventionally pretty. Here, the girl already likes the short green dwarf, but the boy doesn’t like the fat Snow White. He needs to learn to see her as a person and realize that being fat is not a flaw or a deformity, and that she is also beautiful on the inside. This is made apparent in the scene where he’s a handsome prince talking to his dwarf alter-ego. He admits to liking Red Shoes better, but feels bad when he realizes that Snow White likes him as a dwarf better. It’s a short scene that perfectly captures what the movie’s message is: to look past the surface and not just judge based on shallow and capricious standards of beauty, something boys especially need to learn.

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Asian Women's Shelter, an organization helping Asian women leave abusive relationships

We live in Condominiums so there’s no management that I can complain to. I’ve talked to my HOA and they just made a record about it, but they just said if it gets out of hand call the police. And being a girl, living alone I do worry about… is this just going to make him madder? Is he going to try to do something??? Would the cops really help??? I dread going outside every day and possibly running into him cuz he might verbally abuse me or physically hurt me.

 When he first confronted me about it, it was clear he wasn’t interested in having a convo at all. He talked over me the entire time, was yelling and even brought his dogs which he knew he couldn’t control (he didn’t train them very well and he has scary dog signs all over his house as if that will prevent him from being liable if they ever attack someone.) while I was walking my cat to try to intimidate me, and tried to gaslight me into believing he’s tried to talk to me before. We never talk to each other. I just feel so frustrated. I OWN this condo, so it’s hard for me to just pick up and move. I’m kind of bitter cuz HE’S the one renting his unit.  I deserve to be able to live and walk in my own house wtf. I’m literally scared to move sometimes. 

I’m not seeing anything about this on social media. Certainly I don’t expect to see it covered by the mass media. This is truly something we need to fight back against. Even if you don’t have Comcast\Xfinity, please let your voice be heard.

Amidst a pandemic when we’re all trapped at home, when we’re working from home, schooling from home, and our only entertainment outlets are online, this is cruel and unacceptable. 1.2 terabytes might not be bad for an individual, but if you’re a household of 3 or more, this will be terrible for you.

Make some noise about this please!